Rodgers questions Matt Elam's hit on Randall Cobb

The Packers took care of the Ravens Sunday, 19-17, but the victory came at a cost. Green Bay lost a pair of WRs, James Jones and Randall Cobb, to leg injuries that forced them out of the game. In at least Cobb’s case, Rodgers felt it was a dirty hit by Baltimore safety Matt Elam.

That’s why Rodgers is one of the most respected QBs in the game: He stands up for his players.

The play was not flagged and it was a legal hit. The problem with the tackle, however, is that it goes against the unwritten rule that hits to the knee should be avoided.

“I think a lot of us saw the hit on Dustin Keller,” Rodgers told ESPN Wisconsin. “I just felt like (Elam) had enough time to make a hit in the legal hitting zone.”

It’s a debate that has emerged every time there has been a questionable tackle that seems to target a player’s knees. While the movement to penalize hits to the head has proved successful in creating awareness about concussions and head trauma, the NFL should do more to prevent defensive players from hitting ball-carriers at the knees.

At the very least, plays that target the knees should merit a flag.

In many cases, the tackles can result in torn ligaments and sideline players for up to a year.

Fortunately for the Packers, the news about Cobb’s injury was better than it looked.

Packers announce WR Randall Cobb will be out for several weeks. As bad as that knee injury looked, though, is not seen as season-ending

“I think Matt made a tackle,” Harbaugh said, according to The Baltimore Sun. “He was scrambling to try to catch up with that route as best as he could. To say that it could have been artistically palatable is pretty hard for me to understand.”